Ron Paul now favourite to win in Iowa

Sean O'Jare

If Paul wins the presidency we can look forward to a very different and very much better USA. Bring it on!

Koakona

Ron Paul is the only candidate who sparks any interest for me, if he fails in America I would like to see him over here. I do not care if he is a yank he speaks bags and bags of sense.

James

Best Christmas present... EVER!

Oli Dobbs

I think you've got you're facts wrong here. Ron Paul is actually winning in the New Hampshire and South Carolina polls at the moment...

Jackson Baer

Ron Paul will win Iowa and then either win New Hampshire or come in a very close second to Romney. Either way, he has a legitimate chance to win the Republican nomination. What will the Republicans do? They can’t stand Paul because of his foreign policy.

RON PAUL 2012

http://www.whatthehellbook.com/the-book/

wrinkled weasel

With two candidates hogging two first names and another affecting to be a member of the Salamandridae, and another a cross between some woolen gloves and a some Southern England bog country I cannot help but suspect that the GOP is not taking this seriously.

Better go for the present incumbent's ploy of adopting a faux Irish surname and a first name that cannot be shortened to one overly familiar syllable.

David Lindsay

It now looks quite possible that Iowa really is going to pick that pro-life gynaecologist and obstetrician, Ron Paul, with his opposition to bailouts, to wars, and to the erosion of constitutional checks and balances. Making that the Republican platform for Obama to match and exceed. Bring it on.

With no Democratic contest this year, everyone who believes in any one or more of those causes should be registered as a Republican in this cycle, in order to vote for Paul and force Obama fully into line with those views. By no means only in Iowa. But starting there.

Heartless P.

He seems to be authentic, - genuine, honest, with fine credentials - and if so, has little hope of success, - however much some of us may wish him to take Office.

Deb

Well, if I were a gambling person, I wouldn't get my information from the main stream media! How many times do they have to be totally wrong before everyone understands how little they know? You should practice writing "President Paul!"

Vulture

I was wondering who that pic reminded me of: then it came to me. Sir Iam McKellan in about a decade.

Paul is way, way, way too old.

His foreign policy seems to consist of trading in the Stars and Stripes for a white flag.

However appallingly it has been used in the opening years of this century, American power is our only defence against Muslim madness and the continuing totalitarian threats from China and Russia.

And however badly the state has spent, the answer is not to do away witbh it entirely.

Having said that, I can see why the old fella is riding high on his zimmer frame. The rest of the GoP field is woeful to the point of idiocy. Obama will coast home at this rate. God help us all.

escapedRoger

Dr.Ron Paul makes sense, but he could never get to the White House, the military industrial complex would have him shot first.Perhaps his son may run one day.

TGF UKIP

Yeah, and based on similarly timed polls, our resident LibDem was probably rock certain that his party were going to win upwards of a hundred seats in May 2010.

ROB SHEFFIELD

He'll never win the GOP nomination- he's a kook who does not think Iran is a threat and believes that of you don't have medical insurance "your mates and charities will pay your 50,000 dollar treatment costs rather than let you die”!

He only resonates with a certain type of faux-intellectual (mainly male; mainly urban; mainly in 30's and 40's) who seem to think using the word 'libertarian' conveys on them some kind of trendy kudos.

However an utterly impractical platform for running a large 21st century economy and a modern state. Obama would beat him by 10 points tomorrow let alone after beating him up over a 6 month campaign.

This time though he might run as a third party candidate if he fails (again) to get the nomination. As might Palin (but not Nader).

Rhoda Klapp

I observe that it only needs Jonathan Jones to mention a candidate as a contender for that candidate to tumble from the ratings/ And now it has got to Ron Paul. I expect him to drop like a rock.

Old Slaughter

His childish and ideological foreign policy would be catastrophic.

norman

I wish we had someone comparable to Dr No here in the UK rather than the nodding donkey lobby fodder we are currently blessed with.

theydontknowhat

It would be fantastic but it won't happen because he doesn't pander to the powerbase in the US. If the media can't finish him off then a convenient medical problem will.

Augustus

Ron Paul is largely inconsequential.

victor jara 67

Ron Paul AIPAC and Bibi's nightmare. watch the Israel lobby go into overdrive.

Rob

Only Dr Paul can save America from the western European social economic model/catastrophe that is Keynesian economics.

David Lindsay

Good to see the usual suspects having kittens.

No, of course Iran is not a threat to America. Or to Britain, for that matter. Never mind blather about imaginary threats from Russia, or China, or even, for pity's sake, North Korea.

Paul is patriotic for America the real place, not for some America as an idea propagated by the likes of Christopher Hitchens.

The nomination of Paul might at last prompt Obama to say these self-evident things out loud, dispensing with the Clintons and their entourage in the process. Bring it on.

zipp

You war-mongerers seem to think that Ron Paul wants to do away with the military - he doesn't. What he wants to do is turn us from policemen into a friendly, DEFENSIVE nation with freedoms ranging from personal to economic. I don't understand how peace and freedom aren't popular ideas and how you could be so stupid as to not see the problems with our current budget and endless wars.

JT

Ron Paul , last chance this nation has, whether the neoconned zionists like it or not :)

Terry

i want to see this man presidenst far to long has there been errosion of rights and the falre of common sense

Patrick

Whoever posted he only resonates with male 30-40 somethings is certainly out of touch with their knowledge on the GOP primary.

What a lot of people in our country (USA) fail to recognize with Ron Paul is that he will not make these 'loony' changes overnight. First, you need congressional approval for these changes, and second, he's not that dumb to make radical black/white changes without adjustment periods to ensure the smooth transition to his policies. So, yes, he did allude to the fact that he would like a sick man who's dying to receive charity. But this is after stripping down the current insurance and medical systems we have in place to cheapen the cost of healthcare.

A lot of Democrats prefer to bash Ron Paul in this manner when they fully understand, or conveniently forget, how our congress is necessary to approve these changes. It's their knee-jerk reaction to their underlying fear of a serious threat to Obama. They will laugh it off like it's no big deal, but they are easy to read, like a primary school's book.

One thing that is interesting is the topic of corruption in Washington DC. Ron Paul does not receive funding for his campaigns from corporate lobbyists. Guess who does? Everyone else, that's right. Our elected officials have changed their mindsets over the past century from representing the public opinion to making sure they are reelected. They need funding from corporate lobbyists and will repay the favors once they are in office. It's disgusting and has destroyed our country. Obama received funding from Wall St. I wonder why he never cracked down on those regulations and gave ridiculous bailouts?

What it comes down to is a vote on corruption. Do you want it? Then vote against Ron Paul. If you oppose it, then vote for him.

Paulie

Considering he came second in the Ames Straw Poll a few months back and was only 200 odd votes from winning the thing, I don't see how this is unexpected? Paul was always going to finish top 2 or 3 in Iowa

Frank P

Augustus
December 20th, 2011 8:10pm

"Ron Paul is largely inconsequential".

Quite agree; he has a dewdrops chances in Hades. Romney is a shoo in for the GOP. Whether that is a good thing remains to be seen. I fear another four years of O. Particularly in view of what is happening in The House at the moment.

Jas Dal

The truth will set you free. The man who speaks the truth will be attacked. The messenger is here and the people are responding to the truth. And now the lies begin, the character-assassination. Not this time.

This time the people are waking up. This time their numbers are growing and approaching the tipping point. This time the desperate corporate fear-mongerers of the US press will be overcome by the truth.

And the truth will set the US free.

porkbelly

Ron Paul is an anti-Semite crank and conspiracy theorist with no more chance of winning the Republican nomination than Hugo Chavez. Don't waste our time with this sort of nonsense.

Jeff B.

Porkbelly.... or whatever your name is... you are dead wrong. If you were here, talking to American citizens, not reading conglomerate media, you would see that a vast majority of Americans want Ron Paul. Our polling systems take into account people with land lines. Cell phones are largely on the do not call list. 60% of all Americans under the age of 35 no longer have land lines. Ron Paul derives more than half of his support from those under the age of 30. These facts are readily available on the web. I suggest you begin doing research like a good red coat or perhaps keep your political idiocies to your own political system.

Dogzzz

Ron Paul is the only candidate who is consistent, honest, has a multi-decade long record of voting with the constitution and never against it. He does not accept money from corporations or vested interests. He is not anti-Semitic at all, in fact he is a Zionist and as a true Zionist believes that Israel should exist and stand on it's own two feet, self reliant and independent.

The reason the media and the GOP hierarchy do not like him is because he is opposed to corporatism and corporate welfare.

Ron Paul is the only candidate in the race who predicted the crash and the consequences of it, and he is the only one with a solution that is not "Let's borrow our way out of debt, only so slowly we can pretend that borrowing is coming down"

He is the only candidate who is opposed to war for war's sake, wants to stop bullying the world, but increase trade and friendship with all other countries.

I wish we had a 'Ron Paul' in this country.

Mike

I am convinced that Ron Paul will save the world. Greetings from Pittsburgh, PA

Tyler Thulin

No, one really doesn't have to wonder. Comparing Ron Paul to Obama is like comparing reality to Hollywood. Ron Paul actually has integrity, and you can be certain that when you vote for him, you will get what you expect from him. He's never compromised his beliefs to make himself more popular, and his voting record proves that. He also doesn't have to have other people write his speeches or read a tele-prompt in order to sound intelligent, and he's a real MD. Don't listen to the RNC or the media! Vote for Ron Paul and reclaim the Republican party!

Triumph

If this crank gets in America may find trouble brewing outside its closed doors 1930's style.

Muso254

Ron Paul is honoured to serve his country. His ilk are in very short supply across western politics. He would make a fine President.

daniel maris

I knew Mr. Magoo would one day make his mark in politics...

JP

I truly hope America votes in Ron Paul.. all the way to the top. And reading the comments on nearly every news story, it looks like he is going to do it.

The polls for the other states were taken ages ago, with all the Ron Paul hype going on, I'm guessing those polls have gone up in Pauls favour.

I think the Americans can actually pull this off. Bless them, they are teetering on hell.

Adrian Peirson

President Ron Paul,
if you want to know what he stands for, just go to youtube and click on a few videos.

Mike (england)

I really hope that Dr. Paul can win this time, Obviously i dont support all his polices but i do firmly belive that the USA will be a much better country when it is run once again by its people instead of bankers, the movie and music industries and isreal, the bonus of seeing the end of dmca, protectip, sopa and the "patriot" act would be a wonderful sign of America once again becoming the land of the free and more importantly would see an end to America interfering with the laws and affairs of other countries.